Wash-board holder



(ModeL) B. MERRILL.

WASH BOARD HOLDER.

N0f337 3601. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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A wash-board holder.

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BENJAMIN N. MERRILL, OF LISBON, MAINE.

WASH-BOARD HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,601, dated March 9,1886.

Application filed June 5, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN N. MERRILL, of Lisbon, in the county ofAndroscoggin and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved \VashBoard Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved holder orattachment for wash-boards for the purpose of preventing the board fromslipping upward in the tub.

The invention consists in a bar for attachment to the sides of theboard, on each ofwhich pieces a swinging arm-piece is held, the saidpiece having a ball-head on its outer end. The heads rest against theinner sides of the tub and prevent the wash-board sliding or slippingupward in the tub.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved Fig. 2 is an end view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tub provided with the wash-boardholder and of the tub in which the board is placed. Fig. 4 isacross-sectional elevation of the same.

A strip, A, having its ends B beveled, is provided withalongitudinalgroove, 0, which is circular in cross-section, and the front ridge,formed by the groove 0 on the strip A, has a series of notches orrecesses, D D, between which lugs E are formed. A forked piece or arm,F, the shanks of which diverge, is provided at the closed end with aball-head, I, and at the inner or separated ends of the shanks eachshank has a laterally-projecting pin or pivot, H, fitting in the groove0. That ridge provided 'with the notches D is higher than the other.

A strip, A,is secured on the outer surface of each side bar of thewash-board J.

The pivots H are held in the grooves O, and the forked pieces F projectfrom the strip A.

Serial No. 167,804. (Model.)

The wash-board is placed in the tub K, the heads I resting against theinner surface of the tub, and by frictional contact hold the washboardinsuch a manner that it cannot slide upward when the clothes, &c., arerubbed on the same.

When the tub is large, the pieces F are adjusted near the upper end ofthe strips A, and when the tub is smaller the pieces F are placed nearerthe lower ends of the strips A. The holder can thus be used on tubs ofdifferent diameters.

The lugs E pass in between the prongs of the pieces F, and thus holdthepieces or arms in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a wash-board, of grooved strips on the same,pieces'or arms projecting from the strips, and of ball-heads on the endsofthe pieces, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with agrooved strip having notches, of a piece orarm having pivots on one end and a ball-head on the other end,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a grooved strip having notches on oneoftheridges formed by the groove, of a forked piece having pivots at theopen ends, and a ball-head on the outer end, substantially as hereinshown and described.

4. A wash-board attachment consisting of a strip provided with swingingarms having ball heads on the outer ends, substantially as herein shownand described.

BENJAMIN N. MERRILL.

WVitnesses:

FRED O. WATSON, A. M. PULSIFER.

